My mom bought me this car for my sweet 16 😂 she's my baby... Despite being 24 years old, she's amazing. Love this car to death! Wouldn't pick any other
Very clean for a soon-to-be 20 year old car. And with only 52,000 miles too. True that these were quite the popular rides "back in the day" as they say. This 96 redesign was pretty well received by the media overall too.
My god I never owned one but always wanted to but unfortunately they are so hard to find in the shape condition this is in. I remember when these came out I always thought they looked like UFOs
I always though the Taurus from 1996-1999 looked too bubbly and modern... my dad's 2001 Ford F-550 work truck has the same key, and Ford still uses that exact key. But all in all it's a nice car!
@@zackisawesome11 and if you took good care of them, changed the fluid regularly, and didn't drive like a crazy person, the transmissions were decent. Never great, but they were okay.
My dad bought one of these new. His had the 200 horse 3.0 Duratec. Decent power for a V6 at the time, and the styling was pretty controversial. You either loved it or hated it. Kept it for over 200k until the transmission died.
I had one of these things for a year and a half. I got it with only 64,500 miles on it. It was an absolute beauty to drive until it got totaled when someone turned in front of me. 😭
No, it competed against the Lumina, Camry, and Accord. The Impala in the 90's was the suped up version of the Caprice, a large car that competed against the Crown Victoria. That aside, I love this Taurus as well, even to this day it is probably my favorite styled Taurus though many did not like it.
+Bobby Brady No sir. The Impala was reintroduced in 1996 as the suped up version of the caprice. The caprice was still being produced along side the Impala. And it was a competitor for the Ford crown vic/marquis/towncar.
The 1996 inspired me with the new design the sedan wagon and then Saturn I think the Lincoln Continental was the first rounder design in 1995 but the Ford Taurus and the Mercury Sable was eye-catcher 1996
+Kubeanie Gaming Actually, the 96 year did not have the SHO option. That wasn't offered till 97. And they did indeed have keyless entry. They were the standard square ford FOB. Just about everything from ford had keyless entry since 92-93. Same with GM cars.
The car is very cool and modern looking. Must haven't been durable though I see plenty of hondas and camarys that age or older still on the road....but haven't seen anything like this car
+LuxCruiser818 My grandma had a 1999 wagon model, it didn't have that nearly miles, but it got totaled by my dad two months ago... I was in it too and my math teacher, who has known my parents for 20 years, saw the accident.
I have a 96 GL wagon. The odometer stopped working at 250k miles The seller, a little old lady says she's probably put 25k on top of that. ive driven the car all over the country for the past two months and it's still a reliable cruiser
This was my first car, i liked the design but it was mechanicaly horrible. When my Dad bought me this car he told me 2 things 1. "Dont Drive it Over 60 mph" and 2. "Dont Get On The Highway with it"
@@RB01.10 The trans started acting up at 100.000 miles. By 110.000 it was fried. That was in 2008. I consider that low miles because my Dodge has 243.000 on its original transmission. It shifts silky smooth. It was jerking for awhile but it always shifted. I turned the ac on and it fried on the highway.
